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EDRi is the biggest European network defending rights and freedoms online. We work to to challenge private and state actors who abuse their power to control or manipulate the public. We do so by advocating for robust and enforced laws, informing and mobilising people, promoting a healthy and accountable technology market, and building a movement of organisations and individuals committed to digital rights and freedoms in a connected world.
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PirateBay – blocked in Denmark
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Following a complaint by IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), a Danish bailiff court issued on 4 February 2008 an injunction ordering Tele2, one of the major ISPs in Denmark, to block the access to the PirateBay domains. IFPI asked the court for this injunction because […]
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Internet-related privacy issues on the EU institutions' agenda
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The privacy problems created by the Internet and other new technologies such as RFID have an important place on the agenda of the European institutions that seem to be more anxious than ever to tackle those issues. The hearing at the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee reported […]
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Microsoft's actions investigated again by the European Commission
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission has recently extended its formal probes launched on 14 January 2008 against Microsoft in two cases where it has been alleged that the multinational firm had abused its dominant market position. The first case was brought by a complaint from web browser Opera, which […]
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Finnish e-voting system must not stay a trade secret
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A member of Electronic Frontier Finland (Effi), a Finnish association for promoting digital rights and member of EDRi, has recently sent a request of information to the Finnish Ministry of Justice regarding their planned e-voting system. The system will be piloted in the municipal elections during October […]
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France's gendarmerie goes for open source software
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The Gendarmerie, France’s largest administrative body, intends to change in the next years the operating system of 70 000 workstations presently running on Windows XP to Ubuntu. This is a movement that continues the French Government’s efforts to promote migration to open source for some years now. […]
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Europe spams more than the US
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) According to security vendor Symantec, a shift has taken place in the weight of the spam networks, the European ones having created more unsolicited e-mail than those in the US lately. Thus, approximately 44 per cent of all spam messages are originated from Europe as compared to […]
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Wales said no to ID cards
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Welsh Assembly Government proposal for a “smart card” to be used to access public services in Wales was considered by civil liberties groups as a way of introducing identity cards “through the back door” and was rejected by the Liberal Democrats supported by the Labour Party members […]
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Key privacy concerns in Czech Republik 2007
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Last year has seen an increased number attempts from government bodies to extend their powers and make it easier to access people’s private information. To name a few, there were legal proposals to increase the number of agencies authorized to access and process electronic communication data collected […]
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Key privacy concerns in Ireland 2007
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) a. Data Retention Litigation The Digital Rights Ireland litigation against data retention, which was started in September 2006, continues before the High Court. This action challenges both the Directive and also Ireland’s domestic data retention laws. It alleges that those laws are procedurally flawed and are also […]
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Key privacy concerns in France 2007
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) 6 January 2008 was the 30th anniversary of the French Data Protection Act. But no one really cared. The only French contribution to this 2nd European DP day has been the publication by the CNIL (French DP Authority) of a poll result that it commissioned in November […]
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Key privacy concerns in Romania 2007
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Privacy and data protection seems not to be a hot topic for the Romanian society. The media is generally ignoring the topic, unless something related to an important public figure is making the subject out of the ordinary. The Romanian Data Protection Authority has failed in becoming […]
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Key privacy concerns in Netherlands 2007
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The nominees and winners of the Dutch Big Brother Awards 2007 showed it clearly: a proper level of data protection in The Netherlands cannot be taken for granted. A number of big projects and ongoing legislative efforts threaten the state of data protection in the Netherlands. The […]
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